What are the responsibilities and job description for the Transporter - Full Time Evening position at Holy Name Medical Center?
Description
Transporter
Holy Name is New Jersey's last remaining independent, Catholic health system, comprising a comprehensive 361-bed acute care medical center, a cancer center, medical fitness center, residential hospice, nursing school, and physician network. The system has a national reputation for providing culturally sensitive care to a diverse population, drawing patients from across the New York City region to its specialty centers and renowned doctors. Holy Name's mission to provide technologically advanced, compassionate and personalized care extends across a continuum that encompasses education, prevention, diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation and wellness maintenance. The system is known as a high-quality, low-cost provider of extraordinary clinical care given by compassionate, highly trained physicians and staff.
A Brief Overview
Transports patients, charts, medicine, specimens, oxygen, supplies, furniture (including setting up tables and chairs for functions), equipment and other items to and from various areas of the medical center.
What You Will Do
Transporter
Holy Name is New Jersey's last remaining independent, Catholic health system, comprising a comprehensive 361-bed acute care medical center, a cancer center, medical fitness center, residential hospice, nursing school, and physician network. The system has a national reputation for providing culturally sensitive care to a diverse population, drawing patients from across the New York City region to its specialty centers and renowned doctors. Holy Name's mission to provide technologically advanced, compassionate and personalized care extends across a continuum that encompasses education, prevention, diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation and wellness maintenance. The system is known as a high-quality, low-cost provider of extraordinary clinical care given by compassionate, highly trained physicians and staff.
A Brief Overview
Transports patients, charts, medicine, specimens, oxygen, supplies, furniture (including setting up tables and chairs for functions), equipment and other items to and from various areas of the medical center.
What You Will Do
- Transports patients and patient charts in a prompt, safe and orderly manner to designated areas. Promptly notifies appropriate personnel of arrival.
- Transports other items, as noted above promptly and safely to designated areas. Notifies appropriate personnel of arrival.
- Receives assignments verbally or via pager, responding promptly.
- Transports deceased patients to morgue respectfully.
- Maintains contact with department, as necessary. Promptly reports completion of task. Notifies supervisor or office of any problems on a timely basis.
- Follows procedures as outlined in Transportation Policy and Procedure Manual.
- Assists in maintaining an appropriate working inventory of oxygen.
- Maintains Transport equipment in a clean and sanitized condition.
- Maintains and respects patient, staff and hospital confidentiality.
- Transports and arranges furniture and equipment as required for meetings and workshops.
- Performs all of the duties of an Environmental Services Associate.
- Performs related duties as assigned.
- High School Graduate or equivalent experience Required
- Demonstrates effective communication skills.
- Interacts in a respectful and polite manner with patients, visitors, co-workers and other employees.
